John Patrick Tomkins is an American who was arrested and charged with sending several threatening letters and bomb-like devices to financial firms in the Midwestern United States under the pseudonym

Pseudonym

A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...

 The Bishop. He is a lifelong resident of Dubuque, Iowa

Dubuque, Iowa

Dubuque is a city in and the county seat of Dubuque County, Iowa, United States, located along the Mississippi River. In 2010 its population was 57,637, making it the ninth-largest city in the state and the county's population was 93,653....

.

For more information about the crimes he is alleged to have committed under the pseudonym "The Bishop" see The Bishop

The Bishop

The Bishop is the pseudonym of an anonymous person who sent several threatening letters and bomb-like devices to financial firms in the Midwestern United States in 2005 and 2007.-Beginning:...

.